Top 20 movies like New York Story
Top 20 Movies like New York Story
- 1. He Said, She Said
- 2. Out to Sea
- 3. The Pinkie
- 4. On Suffocation
- 5. The Underachievers
- 6. If You Don't, I Will
- 7. Pussy Have the Power
- 8. Pedicab
- 9. Mädchen in Uniform
- 10. The Woodsman
- 11. North Country
- 12. Bewitched
- 13. The Mistress of Spices
- 14. Gaiety George
- 15. Kokoro
- 16. The Return of the Prodigal Son
- 17. She's No Angel
- 18. A Dad for Christmas
- 19. Shark Tale
- 20. Emil and the Detectives
1. He Said, She Said
Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a similarly combative local TV show. At the same time their initial indifference to each other looks like it may evolve into something more romantic.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
2. Out to Sea
Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
3. The Pinkie (さまよう小指)
Since they were both five, Ryosuke has been stalked by Momoko - the ugliest girl in the village. Her love for Ryosuke is so boundless that she has her face surgically altered to suit his taste - but still he wants nothing to do with her. Ryosuke goes in for fleeting romance - for example, with the girlfriend of a gangster boss. But when he finds out about their affair, he has Ryosuke's little finger hacked off. Magically, the finger falls into Momoko's hands, and she uses it to clone Ryosuke, so she can finally have him for herself. And this is just the first five minutes of Lisa Takeba's short-but-powerful feature debut. Just like in her previous short films, the director - who cut her teeth in the advertising world and as the writer of a video game - throws a lot of genres and techniques into the mix: from science fiction to gangster films, from hospital eroticism to animation. Hectic and absurd, but with its heart in the right place. © IFFR
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
4. On Suffocation (On Suffocation)
A dialogue-free film about an execution described in two scenes.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
5. The Underachievers
Danny Warren is a former minor-league shortstop that becomes a narc to uncover drug dealing in this situation comedy. Investigating at a high-school adult-education class, he falls for the tempting teacher. He joins a colorful group of characters that includes ex-cons, illegal aliens, and brain-dead baby boomers that cause more trouble than their younger counterparts. Swimming classes and wine tastings serve as background for a series of comic catastrophes.
It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.
6. If You Don't, I Will (Arrête ou je continue)
A couple goes on a hike in the woods, and the woman refuses to return.
It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.
7. Pussy Have the Power
Pussy Have the Power is the song improvised by four girls in a recording studio. When an established music producer walks in, they face the choice of selling out their work to something that could lead to success, while they risk losing their own message
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
8. Pedicab (Pauwi Na)
A tragic-comic portrait of a dysfunctional family and the disquieting blind faith they invoke as they dream of going home.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
9. Mädchen in Uniform (Mädchen in Uniform)
A sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
10. The Woodsman
After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophile. Walter finds an apartment and is regularly visited by his parole officer. He gets a job at a lumber mill and starts seeing a coworker. Then his new world begins to unravel; as his past becomes known, he strikes up a high-risk friendship with a young girl and realizes that a man loitering near a schoolyard is a child molester prowling for his next victim.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
11. North Country
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
It has an average vote of 7.222 on TMDB.
12. Bewitched
Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".
It has an average vote of 5.061 on TMDB.
13. The Mistress of Spices
Tilo is an Indian shopkeeper in America with an ability to see the future and a magical connection to powerful spices, which she uses to help her customers satisfy their various needs and desires. One day she falls in love with an American man. But the spices forbid it.
It has an average vote of 6.152 on TMDB.
14. Gaiety George
The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and loosely based on fact.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
15. Kokoro (Le Cœur régulier)
After her brother's death, Alice leave France for Japan and takes refuge in a small village just above the cliffs. Her brother Nathan said to her before he died that he finally founded peace there thanks to a certain Daïsuké. Following his footsteps, Alice will in fact find herself, in a strange and hostile but warm place.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
16. The Return of the Prodigal Son (Il ritorno del figlio prodigo - Umiliati)
In Italy, immediately subsequent to the war, a group of people who lost all they possessed during the conflict, settle in a village in ruins. They intend to restore the city from the rubble and re-start life, in imitation of the women of Messina who rebuilt their city, destroyed as it was by an earthquake. Oscillating between respect and suspicion, co-existence between group members is tense. Things become complicated when an envoy from the government arrives to say that nothing there belongs to them. The film is a free adaptation of fragments of the novella ‘The Women of Messina’, by Sicilian writer Elio Vittorini.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
17. She's No Angel
A drama and thriller story of a young woman who has suffered great abuse as a girl and who finds happiness when in a car accident, by mistake, she finds refuge in a false personality. She allows a pair of grieving parents to believe she is their late son's wife. But happiness is not so easy, since the past always comes out and Catherine will have to act to protect the family who has given so much affection.
It has an average vote of 4.6 on TMDB.
18. A Dad for Christmas
Matt, a 19-year-old student, goes to the hospital to see his newborn son. He learns his girlfriend plans to put the baby up for adoption without his consent, so he takes his son to his grandmother's house to fight for custody.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
19. Shark Tale
Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He's a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and Lenny becomes an outcast, the two form an unlikely friendship.
It has an average vote of 6.03 on TMDB.
20. Emil and the Detectives (Emil und die Detektive)
The twelve-year-old Emil and his father are haunted by bad luck. To take a break from a series of family disasters, Emil is allowed to spend a few days with a friend of the family, the female priest Hummel in Berlin. In the train he runs across the slick Max Grundeis who anaesthetizes Emil and steals his savings of 1500 DM. When he finally arrives in Berlin, Emil and a gang of street kids, led by the cheeky girl Pony Hütchen, try to find the gangster, who haunts the posh Hotel Adlon as a hotel thief. Meanwhile, to prevent anyone from finding out about Emil's mishap, Gypsi, a member of the gang of kids, passes himself off as Emil, thus wreaking havoc on the home of the priest.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
